Marsh-shoe.



Patantad Feb. 25, I902".

w. '01 KELSEY.

MARSH SHOE (Application med Nov. 2 1900.)

No. 694,0l9.

(No Model.)

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UNITED STATES ,ATENT MARSH-SHOE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 694,019, dated February25, 1 902.

Application filed November 2,1900. Serial No. 35,247 (No model.)'

To all whom it-may concern:

Be it known that I, WALLACE D. KELSEY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Minneapolis, in the county of Hennepin and StateofMinnesota-,have invented certain new and useful Improvements inMarsh-Shoes; and 1 do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear,and exact description of the invention, such as will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention has for its object to provide an improved marsh-shoeadapted to be worn by draft-animals to enable them to travel overmarshes or boggy ground.

To the above ends my invention consists of the novel devices andcombinations of devices hereinafter described, and defined in theclaims.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein likecharacters indicate like parts throughout the several views.

Figure 1 is a plan View of a ,so-called marsh-shoe constructed inaccordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is bottom plan View of the same.Fig. 3 is vertical section on the line a m of Fig. 1, and Fig. 4 is avertical section on the irregular line 00 m of Fig. 1. 1

The sole-plate of the shoe is preferably made up of a flat metal plate 1and a pliable plate 2, the latter of which may be constructed of an oldrubber belting or any other suitable material and is projected at itsmargin slightly beyond the margin of the metal plate 1. The two plates 1and 2 are suitably secured together, as by rivets 3, and they areprovided with perforations 4, which relieve the shoe from suction whilebeingxliftedl On the top of the sole-plate is adj ustably and detachablysecured a pair of side clamps 5, formed with beveled segmental flanges6, which will approximately fit the sides of the hoof of thedraft-animal. of the side clamps 5 are provided with slots 7, and themetal plate 1 has vertically-proj ecting studs 8, which Work through thesaid slots and are provided at their upper ends with thumb-nuts 9.

One or more anchor-brads or sharpened studs 10 are rigidly secured tothe metal plate The base-flanges l and project upward through the plate2 just forward of the side clamps 5 and in the vicinity of the centerthereof. A divided toe-clamp made up of'sect-ions 11, pivoted to theflanges 6 of the side clamps 5, is arranged for engagement over the toeportion of the hoof. The upperends of the clamping-sections 11 areadaptedto be drawn together by a bolt 12, passed through the said endsand provided with a thumb-nut13. One of the said sections 11 is providedwith a flange 14 at its free end, which engages the head of the bolt andprevents the same from turning.

To apply the shoe to a horses hoof, the toeclamping sections 11 areseparated and the side clamps 5 6 are spread apart. The horses hoof isthen placed on the upper plate 2, with the toe portions of the hoofresting upon the brads 10, which brads will be embedded in the hoof whenthe shoe is stopped upon. The side clamps 5 6 are then forced againstthe sides of the hoof and are secured by tightening up the thumb-nuts 9.Next the sections of the toe-clamp are drawn together and tightly ontothe forward toe portion of the hoof by means of the nut and bolt 12 13.Thus the shoe is securely fastened to the hoof. The hoof cannot be slidbackward from between the side clamps 5 6 for the reason that it is heldagainst such'sliding movement by the brads 10, and the hoof cannot beraised from the brads for the reason that it is held downward againstthe plate 2 by the toe-clamp 11 and also by the flaring segmentalflanges 6. It is, however, important to note that the shoe may bereleased from the horses hoof by the manipulation of the nuts 9 and 13,all of which are located on the up-. per side of the sole-plate. Henceif the horse should become mired in exceedingly soft or boggy ground aperson reaching down through the hole made around the horses leg by thesinking of the sole-plate could reach the said nuts and release thehorses leg from the shoe.

Another important advantage should be notedto wit, that the shoe may beapplied to the unshod boots of the horse or draft-animal, thus savingthe expense of having-the animal shod. As the pliable plate 2 projectsat its margin beyond the margin of the plate 1 and beyond other portionsof the shoe, especially the side portion, the liability of a horseinjuring his legs by contact with the shoes is avoided.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the UnitedStates, is as follows:

1. A marsh-shoe comprising a sole-plate having laterally-spaced sideclamps, a toeclamp connected to said side clamps, and arranged to drawdownward and rearward on the horses hoof, and one or more bradsprojecting upward from said sole-plate, in position to engage the toe orforward portion of the horses hoof and to prevent the same from slidingunder the downward and rearward drawing action of said toe-clamp.

2. A marsh-shoe, comprising a sole-plate the side clamps 5 6 havingslots 7, studs 8 pro jectin g from said sole-plate through said slots 7,the nuts 9 on said studs 8, the two-part toeclamp 11 pivoted to theflanges of said side clamps, the bolt 12 passed through the ends of theclam pin g-sections 11 and provided with the nut 13, which nut 13 andwhich nuts 9 are removable from above the sole-plate, and one or morebrads projecting upward from the forward central portion of said sole-Pate, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ALL-ACE D. KELSEY. \Vituesses:

M. M. MCGRORY, F. D. MERCHANT.

